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Plot Summary:
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, road movie, suspense, intense, rough, realistic, bad ending, exciting, existential, cult classic
Best tv shows and movies like Runaway Train (1985):
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Tube (2003)
Plot Summary:
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, suspense, fast, neo noir, allegory, detective, tension
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Final Run (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Grand Royale is a new high-tech passenger train with a computerized engine. On its maiden voyage, it suffers a severe technical failure, killing the controller and gradually increasing its already high speed, at the rate of 2 more miles per minute. With heavily populated areas ahead and the risk of a deadly derailment, every minute counts and once again, it's up to Lucky singer to save the 200 passengers on board.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: action thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Born American (1986)
Plot Summary:
Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. Captured and thrown in jail, they find it's not fun either. It's a nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, stylized, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, independent film, bleak, realistic
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Firestorm (1998)
Plot Summary:
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover $37,000,000 in stashed loot.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, anamorphic, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, suspense, exciting
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Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
Plot Summary:
Seeking revenge, a railroad employee puts two passenger trains on a collision course in this made-for-TV disaster movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disaster movie
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Last Passenger (2013)
Plot Summary:
Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama). Clearly exhausted from his work, Lewis decides to take a nap on the train while an attractive young woman (Tointon) watches over his son. When he wakes, all but a few passengers have alighted and he realises that the train is not stopping to let anyone else off. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Lewis goes to investigate and finds that the train has been taken over by an unstable driver who is hellbent on destroying the vehicle along with all the remaining passengers on board.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense, action thriller, independent film, fast
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Hijack (1998)
Plot Summary:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, fast
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Crash Point Zero (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern B movie, reusing lots of footage from other films.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, cliffhanger
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Plot Summary:
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, funny, saga, perverse, cult classic, action adventure, action drama, rough, serious
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No Escape (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, grindhouse, bleak, rough, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, intense, perverse
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In Hell (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: harsh, brutal, emotional, stylized, intense, serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
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Hour of Valor (2000)
Plot Summary:
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde. Written by Leigh Roche.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, fast, disaster movie
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 462000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, clever, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, tense, saga, cerebral
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Shoot to Kill (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the aid of expert tracker Jonathan Knox. It's a turbulent yet vital relationship they must maintain in order to survive... and one that becomes increasingly desperate when Knox's girlfriend Sarah becomes the killer's latest hostage!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense, breathtaking, cult classic, visually stunning
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Vertical Limit (2000)
Plot Summary:
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough, intense, serious, realistic, entertaining, action adventure
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Cliffhanger (1993)
Plot Summary:
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, France, Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, action packed, rough, realistic, breathtaking, entertaining, inspirational
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Metro (2013)
Plot Summary:
Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and virtually crushed after an aging tunnel collapses. Amongst this band of survivors is softly spoken surgeon Andrey (Sergei Puskepalis), whose wife is having an affair with the conceited businessman Vlad (Anatoly Beliy). Fate brings these two men together on the same doomed train, but there is little time to resolve their differences, as the tunnel begins to quickly fill with water, forcing them to work together with the others and find a way back to the surface.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, exciting, action thriller, serious, disaster movie
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Beyond the Reach (2014)
Plot Summary:
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, exciting, serious, realistic, psychological, suspense, minimal cast, independent film
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Daylight (1996)
Plot Summary:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting, breathtaking, cult classic, surprise ending
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The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Plot Summary:
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic, psychotronic, sexy, bad ending, bloody
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Lock Up (1989)
Plot Summary:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, brutal, clever, cult classic
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Prison Break: The Final Break (2009)
Plot Summary:
The movie covers the events which occurred in between the downfall of The Company and the finale of the series. It details the arrest and incarceration of Sara Tancredi, the final escape plan which Michael devises for Sara. It also reveals the ultimate fate of Gretchen Morgan.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, clever, intense, exciting, rough, realistic, tense, serious, enigmatic
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Escape Plan (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 254000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, twist ending, clever, entertaining, intense, serious, action packed, brutal
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Unstoppable (2010)
Plot Summary:
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 206000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, breathtaking, suspenseful, tense, heroic, realistic, dramatic, captivating
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Plot Summary:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, psychological, psychotronic, cult classic, erotic
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All Is Lost (2013)
Plot Summary:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. With any luck, the ocean currents may carry him into a shipping lane -- but, with supplies dwindling and the sharks circling, the sailor is forced to face his own mortality.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, tense, serious, minimal cast, rough, captivating, philosophical
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Speed (1994)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's still not the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 385000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, action packed, romantic, clever, road movie, thrilling, fast
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The Grey (2011)
Plot Summary:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bad ending, harsh, tense, exciting, emotional, psychological, suspense, rough, scenic
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Sanctum (2011)
Plot Summary:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea. Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team--including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd)--are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, breathtaking, tense, realistic, sad, entertaining, stylized
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Apocalypto (2006)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, brutal, visually stunning, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, intense, motivational